Nonduality and
Hiphop:

Emcee Nature Mechanics

by Ascience Gnown

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The misunderstanding of and identification
with the self-centered ego is the source of all wackness. When
identified with, one becomes wack in that they separate
themselves from reality and attach themselves to a conceptual
self that is always changing. How can one exist definitely if
ones existence is always moving? What is real is that the
I that I think I am is an
illusion. All that I am is manufactured, my style comes from
anothers style, my dress comes from another, my accent,
vocabulary and mannerisms all are not of my own doing, but
I think of myself as real, existing independently and
definitely. And I seek to reinforce that self. I even
give myself other names, aliases, illusions on top of illusions
to reinforce my feelings of this other self. This I
likes certain clothes, people, rhyme styles etc.

This I also battles others who
threaten that sense of self in order to maintain legitimacy. Both
are false and only serve to reinforce the false emcee. Even
though this may bring one fame and accolades, it is hardly the
joy that comes from joining with ones true nature. Why is
this? The false emcee suffers at his/her own hands because there
is no end to their quest to satisfy the false emcee self, which
does not exist.

The false self is never satisfied, all
pleasure soon fades and needs reinforcement because all things
with beginnings have no lasting existence; they are subject to
laws of birth and death. They depreciate as soon as you
appropriate. No matter the brand of clothes, type of liquor
consumed, media praise, women defiled, fancy wordplay, beat
selection, stage show, or number of fans, none of those will
bring the false emcee happiness.

Until the emcees egocentric desires
are cut through they will suffer even to the point of death in
the never-ending search for illusory happiness. True happiness is
found in that which does not change, which does not go away,
which does not need to be born, which is the nature of the emcee
itself.

Real emcees fight the inner battle and only
battle against worthy enemies or like minds when trying to
establish what Hiphop is and is not. Those that are not worthy
enemies had no desire to be emcees in the first place and have no
care for what is or is not the essence of Hiphop. Battling with
them is useless. Worthy enemies are those who would benefit from
their egos cut through in order to wake them up to the nature.

True emcees do not battle up (those at
higher stages of development). Those that battle up do not
realize their nature, are confused and seek to expand their egos.
The true emcee does not rhyme for himself as this only closes
himself off more from the masses. The true emcee has no desire to
build their ego.

Because the true emcee has no desire to
build his/her ego, he attempts, through challenging himself, at
conquering self-centered intent and scope, in order to expand his
awareness into as many conceptual realms as possible, until the
realms become homes, but even these homes must be abandoned and
burnt down.

The true emcee knows that Hiphop is not
something you do, nor is it something you live, nor is it
something, nor is it nothing. It is nor and not nor if a
true emcee does create from the ego, it is done out of
exploration of what the ego seems to be, not out of establishment
of permanence nor out of attachment. She shares her experiences
only as a way to wake others up, not as a way to expand her ego.

The true emcee is a citizen of nowhere and
realizes that because Hiphop fundamentally does not exist
anywhere or as anything, Hiphop is wherever you are not. You are
not. The true emcee is not the name behind the mic. He is the one
behind the one on the mic. There he abides in Hiphop and in
larger view abides in Hiphop everywhere.

One may ask, How does this writer
know with such confidence about the existence of Hiphop? It
is because I have no knowledge about the existence of Hiphop, nor
of existence anywhere, nor of fixed ideas, nor of fixed material
existence, nor of death, nor of birth. I have no evidence which
verifies permanence at all.

It is only when I sat still that I
understood that all of Hiphops manifestations arise out of
the same vastness that all manifestation did. In that, there is
nothing that can be said about Hiphop without reference to what
was before Hiphop or before what existed before that. I could
trace this line of existence back to the original nature itself
and I would find that Hiphop exists as the great cypher, the
great code, the great circle out of which all things arise and
fall. Hiphop cannot be validated by its form no more than
anything else.

Path

Understanding the nature of an emcee does
not happen on accident. This discovery must be brought about by
diligent practice.

As an exercise, focus your mind on your
microphone and leave it there, every time your attention wanders
bring it back to the mic. Rest in this way until your mind calms.
Then ask yourself, Where does this object come from? What is it
made of? Who made it? Who made them? What food did they eat?
Where did the food that fed the animals come from? Who is looking
at the mic?

Try to locate this emcee. Is the emcee your
name, your body, is it a concept, is it your profession, where
does this emcee exist, if you cannot find this emcee what does
that mean? Who created this emcee? Who created them? No thing
that truly exists relies upon anything else for its existence or
it cannot be said to truly exist on its own. Therefore how can
you be the emcee you think yourself to be if your existence is
based on all other existence? What is the danger of believing in
solidity?

One cannot find a true origin for anything
if one is honest and looks deep enough.

Hiphop manifests to allow its practitioners
to experience their nature. All of existence is a path to
enlightenment in this way. Hiphoppers can reach their natures
through diligent practice. Becoming a true emcee is possible, not
through egocentered exploits such as wittiness,
hyperconceptuality, material appeal, cadence, or anything that
comes and goes, but through practicing resting their minds in the
nature of Hiphop through meditation on the emcee and abandoning
all illusions about how I exist. This steers their minds from
their egos, reveals natural openness and relaxation, and brings
about the motivation and wisdom to create rhymes with the intent
of all listeners experiencing their own nature.

Frution

Practicing in this way, ones
awareness will grow away from herself or himself and towards the
nature of all things. This expansion reveals happiness, openness
and discovery of the zone. One will gain a respect
for those in their communities and in foreign lands, find
post-conventional culture, art and poetry appealing, respect the
environment and see spiritual paths as unified and worthy. Such a
person will be without aggression, will see others views
within their own, will see others in themselves and learn
patience. They will be moved to be generous even to their own
detriment and will practice cultivating the wisdom of Hiphop in
everything they do.